Milky Way/Light PollutionHawaii, USA

Behind the glow of an active volcano, the beautiful starry skies can be seen from a dark site in Hawaii. Without the lights from human development, thousands of individual stars as well as the Milky Way galaxy can be
seen. Unfortunately, light pollution from poorly designed and inefficient lighting is taking away this wonderful cosmic view from most people. In fact, light pollution is so common only a handful of the very brightest stars can be seen from the ground in most urban and suburban environments.